KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decades
KFC is making a major change to its drink lineup, announcing Thursday that it will replace Pepsi with Coca-Cola at its U.S. restaurants, ending a beverage partnership that lasted roughly four decades. The fried chicken chain said it will begin transitioning to Coca-Cola products in January 2027, with the new beverages expected to be available at all U.S. locations by spring. The move ends a nearly 40-year relationship that began when PepsiCo acquired KFC in 1986. Although PepsiCo spun off KFC in
Covered mainly by the Global South sphere (75%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
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- Confirmed by 4 outlets in 2 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
- Propagation: first reported by foxbusiness.com (United States), . 4 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
Headline clash across the four spheres
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadesfoxbusiness.com · United States
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadesfox5atlanta.com · Georgia
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadeslivenowfox.com · Georgia
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- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadesfoxbusiness.comÉtats-UnisUnited States → South KoreaEnglish
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadesfox5atlanta.comGeorgiaGeorgia → GeorgiaEnglish
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadeslivenowfox.comGeorgiaGeorgia → United StatesEnglish
- KFC replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants after nearly four decadesfox35orlando.comGeorgiaGeorgia → GeorgiaEnglish